PGY1 Pharmacy Residency (Froedtert Hospital)

National Match Code: 121513

PGY1 Program Director
Anne Zechlinski, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Coordinator
Telephone: 414-805-0086
E-mail: [email protected]

PGY1 Program Coordinator
Amanda (Sweet) Pilo, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist — Oncology
E-mail: [email protected]

Duration/Type: 12-month residency
Number of Positions: 12
Application Deadline: Jan. 2, 2025
Starting Date: June 2025
Estimated Stipend: $49,920

The purpose of this PGY1 residency program is to build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and outcomes to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, eligible for board certification and eligible for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training.

Features

• Flexible, comprehensive training in a variety of areas
• Residency training program established in 1993
• A variety of elective rotations available
• Rotations and activities tailored to meet the needs and interests of each resident
• Many teaching and precepting opportunities available

Sample resident rotation schedule

2019 – 2024 PGY1 Graduates

Requirements for Acceptance

Applicants are required to submit a program application through PhORCAS. Please follow the application instructions.

Learning Experiences

Required

• Orientation and Training (5 weeks)
• Acute Care Clinical Practice Staffing (Longitudinal, 8 weeks over 52 weeks) 
  • 8 weeks (40 hours/week, M-F PM shifts)
  • 16 weekends (16 hours/weekend, approx. every 3rd weekend, mix of AM and PM shifts)
  • 2 holidays (Thanksgiving and New Year’s OR Christmas and Memorial Day) plus two additional weekdays around major holidays (Thanksgiving or Christmas) worked
  • 4 additional staffing days assigned based on departmental need (approx. 1 per quarter)
• Internal Medicine (4 weeks)

Pharmacy Administration Selective (resident to select 1, may select additional as elective, 4 weeks each)

• Clinical Administration
• Medication Safety
• Operations Administration
• Residency Program Administration

Critical Care Selective (resident to select 1, may select additional as elective, 4 weeks each)

• Cardiovascular Critical Care
• Critical Care Medicine
• Neurosurgical/Neurology Critical Care
• Surgical / Trauma Critical Care

Medication Use Selective (resident to select 1, 4 weeks each)

• Anticoagulation Stewardship
• Antimicrobial Stewardship
• General Medication Use
• Pain Stewardship
• Medication Use — Oncology Focus 

Elective Learning Experiences

• Academia at the Medical College of Wisconsin (4 weeks)
• Acute Care Oncology (4 weeks) 
• Ambulatory Oncology (4 weeks)
• Ambulatory Care (4 weeks)
• Cardiology (4 weeks)
• Critical Care (4 weeks, may choose additional selective as an elective)
• Emergency Medicine  (4 weeks)
• Infectious Disease (4 weeks)
• Neurology (4 weeks)
• Pharmacy Administration (4 weeks, may choose additional selective as an elective)
• Pharmacy Informatics (4 weeks)
• Solid Organ Transplant (4 weeks)
• Specialty Pharmacy (4 weeks)
• Toxicology (4 weeks)
• Third-Shift Critical Care (2 weeks)
• Antimicrobial Stewardship (2 weeks)
• Investigational Drug Service (2 weeks)
• Medicine Precepting (2 weeks)
• Perioperative (OR) Care (2 weeks)

Other Required Learning Experiences

• Resident Project(Longitudinal over 52 weeks)
  • Includes participating in Research Certificate Program
• Committee Appointment (Longitudinal over 52 weeks)
• Patient Care Lab Teaching Experience (Longitudinal over 52 weeks)
  • Facilitate 4 patient care labs throughout the year
• Medication Error Review (Longitudinal over 1 quarter)
  • Assigned to one quarter of the year, July-Sept, Oct-Dec, Jan-Mar, or Apr-Jun

Other Elective Learning Experiences

• MCW Teaching Certificate Program (Longitudinal over 52 weeks) 

Requirements and Expectations

The following are completion requirements for the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program.

1. Competencies, Goals and Objectives
   • All objectives within the R1. Patient Care Competency Area must be at ACHR (Achieved for Residency) level
   • At least 70% of remaining objectives must be at ACHR level with remaining objectives at SP (Satisfactory Progress) level
2. Completion of Acute Care Clinical Practice Staffing Requirements
   • 8 weeks (40 hours/week, M-F PM shifts)
   • 16 weekends (16 hours/weekend, approx. every 3rd weekend, mix of AM and PM shifts)
   • 2 holidays (Thanksgiving and New Year’s OR Christmas and Memorial Day) plus two additional weekdays around major holidays (Thanksgiving or Christmas) worked
   • 4 additional staffing days assigned based on departmental need (approx. 1 per quarter) 
3. Wisconsin Pharmacist Licensure within 120 days of start date
4. Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification (ACLS) – classes provided
5. Resident Project
   • Completion of CITI Training
   • Project development, presentation and approval at Pharmacy Research Committee
   • Poster Presentation (Vizient (Dec) or alternative AND MCW Research Forum (May))
   • Platform Presentation (Great Lakes (April) or alternative)
   • Development of a formal manuscript suitable for publication
6. Medication Error Review
   • Presentation at Academic Afternoon
   • Presentation at Quarterly M&M Meeting (Optional)
7. Writing Assignment (Monograph, Guideline, Class Review, etc.) 
   • Completed on Medication Use Selective
8. Administrative Topic Discussion
   • Presented at Academic Afternoon
   • Topic assigned in July
9.  Medicine Case Presentation and Topic Discussion
   • Presented to students and preceptors while on Internal Medicine Rotation
10. Facilitate four labs at MCW as part of the Patient Care Lab Teaching Experience
11. Primary Preceptor for 1 – 4 Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) Students

Other Expectations

• Minimum 8 hours/day (Monday-Friday)
• Meet with mentor and RPD approximately monthly
• Timely completion of quarterly self-assessments and development plan
• Timely completion of program evaluations (due last day of learning experience)
• Contact primary preceptor(s) for each learning experience at least two weeks prior to start date with introductory e-mail
• Assist with resident recruitment 
  • Attend regional/virtual recruitment events (2-3 per resident)
  • Attend Residency Showcase if attending Midyear Meeting
  • Assist with application review (early January)
  • Participate in resident interviews (late January-February)
• One administrative assignment (vary based on program need)
• Participation in academic afternoon (Wed 1-4 PM) when not staffing or on PTO (paid time off)

Professional Organizational Involvement

• Membership
  • Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin – Membership included as a Froedtert Employee
  • American Society of Health-System Pharmacy – Membership strongly encouraged
• Funding
  • Funding for professional meeting attendance is re-evaluated on an annual basis and may be available for residents.
  • Additional communication regarding funding will occur in the fall of each residency year.
  • In the event funding is not available, alternative options will be announced for presentation of posters and platform presentations.